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DVD One Million Years B.C.
Raquel Welch in a two-piece fur bikini. That and the title is pretty much all anyone needs to know. If that indeed isn't enough, there are the dinosaurs of technician-artist Ray Harryhausen (along with some superimposed iguanas), and a prologue that tells you all you want to know about this "brutal world." Want more? There are volcanoes, barehanded wrestling with warthogs, and rival, subhuman, cannibalistic tribes--Lord, the list goes on and on! The portrait of humankind isn't the most flattering: we're petty, greedy, we grunt a lot, and we don't play well with others. Welch portrays a cavewoman from the tribe of the Blondes trying to make a life for herself with an outcast from the tribe of the Brunettes, which doesn't sit well with anybody. --Keith Simanton
Raquel Welch is amazing and just seeing her again is delightful but the story line seems to be edited. There are parts missing in the movie that I remember.
A B-movie that defines the B-movie world
Please, please, please reconsider purchacing this movie new unless you absloutly must have it in your collection. This thing is absloutly horrid and the only two redeeming things are the Harryhausen animations and Ms. Welch in that furry bikini of hers. Personally I find it amazing that cavewomen could keep their hair so clean and styled here but that's just me. Now as to the best time to view it? Best when under the influence of a pint of fine whiskey and in the company of good friends that want something to make fun of for a short period of time.
The dialogue is a bit rough but...
...You can see the reasons Raquel Welch became a star. The leather bikini probably helped a bit as well.
The film is silly and contains elements that would make any paleoentologist, anthropoligist, gelologist or chronologist cringe but that's not the point is it? The story is about a "caveman" from a tribe of brutal brunettes who is exiled after a conflict with his brother. In his wanderings, he finds a tribe of "more civilized" blondes. Raquel Welch is the one of most interest. His low brow ways are enough to get him kicked out of that tribe as well but Raquel makes a nice consolation prize. They wander about a bit, taking on the native fauna and eventually meet up with his tribe again. Buxom blondes are in short supply there so conflict is inevitable. War breaks out between the two tribes but a fortuitous volcano becomes a better peacekeeper that the guys in blue helmets ever thought about being and the survivors form a "new tribe".
People who enjoy Harryhousen's animation style might enjoy this example of his work. So too will anyone who just wants an opportunity to stare at Raquel's...assets. An uplifting experience, though, it is not. Perhaps the best reason for viewing this movie is just to see the state of the art for 60's science fiction effects with prehistoric monsters.
Jane Fonda's memorable, zero-gravity striptease during the opening credits of this 1968 Roger Vadim movie is the closest the film comes to a liberated marriage of wit and sex. Based on a French comic strip, the story concerns the adventures of a 41st-century woman, who pretty much gets it on with whomever asks. The sci-fi sets were pretty interesting at the time, though they look rather anachronistic now. Appreciated today mostly as a camp classic, the movie is actually more trying than anything else. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jane Fonda Director(s): Roger Vadim DVD Release Date: Released the 22 June 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The stop-motion magic of legendary special effects creator Ray Harryhausen is the highlight of this sporadically exciting fantasy-adventure, which pits cowboys against dinosaurs in the Mexican desert. James Franciscus and Richard Carlson star as members of a struggling Wild West show who discover their newest attraction in Mexico--a tiny prehistoric horse. Exploration into a nearby valley uncovers living dinosaurs, including the fearsome "Gwangi"-an allosaur that the circus folk capture for exhibition. But as every creature connoisseur knows, monsters in cages always break free, and soon enough, the beast is on a rampage. Originally developed by Harryhausen's mentor Willis O'Brien in 1942, The Valley of Gwangi feels like a retread of his previous titles, especially 20 Million... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jim O'Connolly DVD Release Date: Released the 21 October 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Quest for Fire is so detailed in its depiction of prehistoric man that it might have been made by time-traveling filmmakers. Instead it's a bold and timeless experiment by visionary director Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Bear), inviting scientific debate while presenting a fascinating, imaginary glimpse of humankind some 80,000 years ago. Using diverse locations in Kenya, Scotland, and Canada, Annaud tells the purely visual story of five tribes (some more advanced than others) who depend on fire for survival. They "steal" fire from nature, but the actual creation of fire remains elusive, lending profound mystery and majesty to the film's climactic, real-time display of fire-making ingenuity. Employing primitive language created by novelist Anthony Burgess and body language... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Everett McGill - Ron Perlman - Nicholas Kadi - Rae Dawn Chong Director(s): Jean-Jacques Annaud DVD Release Date: Released the 04 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea gets a dose of On the Beach in Irwin Allen's visually impressive but scientifically silly Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. While the Seaview, the world's most advanced experimental submarine, maneuvers under the North Pole, the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, giving the concept "global warming" an entirely new dimension. As the Earth broils in temperatures approaching 170 degrees F, Walter Pidgeon's maniacally driven Admiral Nelson hijacks the Seaview and plays tag with the world's combined naval forces on a race to the South Pacific, where he plans to extinguish the interstellar fire with a well-placed nuclear missile. But first he has to fight a mutinous... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Irwin Allen DVD Release Date: Released the 05 September 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Every statuesque, beautiful blonde woman has spent more time in the company of Neanderthals than she cares to remember. Seems it's always been that way: Clan of the Cave Bear, a 1986 feature scripted by John Sayles and based on Jean Auel's bestselling novel set in prehistoric times, stars former mermaid Daryl Hannah as an intelligent Cro-Magnon woman adopted and raised by lesser-evolved Neanderthals. Berated for her brains, sexually exploited, and generally treated as uppity chattel, Hannah's character sets out for the far country to see who else is there. Eventually, she finds more Baywatch-like gods and goddesses similar to herself, including an Aryan-looking stud with whom she discovers how good sex can feel with a warm, caring, proto-human. Sayles's writing on... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Daryl Hannah Director(s): Michael Chapman DVD Release Date: Released the 23 November 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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